School Choice
White Families You’re Not Doing My Kids Any Favors By Sending Your Kids to Our School
The big buzz word in New York City education is: Diversity. On October 26, 2017, yet another plan was announced, this time promising to bring diversity to Lower Manhattan’s District 1. District 1 is...
Charter Schools
Making the Case for More Men of Color in Early Education
As educators, we have an obligation to give our students every opportunity to succeed. Parents rely on us to ensure their children are armed with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive once...
Poverty
Stop Berating Black and Brown Parents Over Charters (and Give Your Twitter Fingers a Rest)
I read too many education arguments for my own good. It’s a known issue in my household. The argument I find most cringe-inducing is the fight over charter schools. With the news that Secretary DeVos...
Achievement Gap
Without TFA, I Never Would Have Become the Principal I Am Today
My journey in the world of education started as a freshman at Howard University. Although I was a political science major, I always held a very strong interest in issues pertaining to education, and...
Diversity
Do I Really Have to Live in an All-White Neighborhood for My Kids to Get a Good Education?
I grew up in Queens (St. Albans), New York, and attended Andrew Jackson High School in the early ’90s. My family, who migrated to New York from the island of Jamaica in the late '70s, was unconcerned...
Diversity
All the Black Kids Are Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
I attended a predominantly Latino grammar school. We were all friends for the most part—the Black students, Mexican students and the few White students that went there. But whenever there was a...
